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From: Warren Oates on 5 Apr 2010 17:48 In article <jwolf6589-B1C934.17425105042010(a)nntp.charter.net>, John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote: > Mike this is for real and not a joke. Surely your inner-self pleads with > you to repent and believe. The Holy Spirit has to do a work in you, and > you must repent. Speaking of spirits, the sun is well over the yard arm, and I must dispense. -- Very old woody beets will never cook tender. -- Fannie Farmer
From: Nick Naym on 5 Apr 2010 17:49 In article 1jghj0w.1kfpkvob53up8N%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com, Mike Rosenberg at mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com wrote on 4/5/10 4:59 PM: > Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > >>> Anyway, to me Jesus is the name commonly used for Yeshua, the name of >>> the central character in that little supplement that Christians appended >>> to the Holy Scriptures and called The New Testament while renaming the >>> Holy Scriptures themselves The Old Testament. >>> >>> If I were to die today, I'd go exactly where everyone else goes, just >>> like you. And, just like you and every other living human being, having >>> not died yet I have know idea where that is or what it's like, or ever >>> if there's a "there" there. It's all explained by the parable of the >>> blind men and the elephant. >>> >>> When I die, there won't be anything to "believe" since whatever I >>> encounter (assuming there's anything to encounter) will be exactly what >>> it is. As for meeting Jesus, if I get to meet characters from books >>> after I die, I have to say I'd be much more interested in talking to >>> Yossarian or Holden Caulfeld. Or perhaps Dorothy and Toto. >> >> You're wasting your breath. > > Meanwhile, if John would gain a fundamental understanding of the blind > men and the elephant, he would truly be saved. Really, truly saved. Not, > of course, in the metaphysical way he uses the term "saved" but in a > literal way, as he would save all the time and effort he wastes on > preaching unsubstantiated opinions. If only he were a believer... He doesn't even have a basic understanding of theology, much less any apparent notion of the history and anthropology of religion...do you honestly expect him to engage in critical thinking? -- iMac (27", 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD) � OS X (10.6.3)
From: Nick Naym on 5 Apr 2010 17:49 In article 00A9B869.FE1A8C8B(a)SendSpamHere.ORG, <VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG> at wrote on 4/5/10 5:00 PM: > In article <C7DFC570.58126%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, Nick Naym > <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> writes: >> In article slrnhrk7hl.2udv.ianji33(a)zenatode.org.uk, Ian Gregory at >> ianji33(a)googlemail.com wrote on 4/5/10 1:30 PM: >> >>> On 2010-04-05, Sherm Pendley <spamtrap(a)shermpendley.com> wrote: >>>> Ian Gregory <ianji33(a)googlemail.com> writes: >>>> >>>>> There is no "other side", a fact which >>>> >>>> ... is a belief, not a fact. Absence of proof is not proof of absence. >>> >>> Whatever. I believe that it is a fact. >>> >>> Ian >> >> >> Do you also believe in angels? > > I do! I've seen them in Anaheim, CA. I meant the ones with gossamer wings, not baseball bats. -- iMac (27", 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD) � OS X (10.6.3)
From: Nick Naym on 5 Apr 2010 17:51 In article michelle-3B98B4.14051205042010(a)news.eternal-september.org, Michelle Steiner at michelle(a)michelle.org wrote on 4/5/10 5:05 PM: > In article <C7DFC567.58126%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, > Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > >> He (hmmm..."She?") sure has a massive ego, and (at one time, at least) >> expected Sacrificial Lambs in return for good favor. > > God must be male, if he expected only lambs; a woman would have expected > diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and minks. I know some men who would expect them as well. :o -- iMac (27", 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD) � OS X (10.6.3)
From: Mike Rosenberg on 5 Apr 2010 18:06
John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote: > > Taking the Bible as a whole, and using it as my only source, I would > > conclude that God has multiple personality disorder. > > The Lord loves you Mike and wants to save you from your sins. Read up on the blind men and the elephant, John. Yes, in your view of the whole picture extrapolated from a very small piece of it, this is what you believe, but what you believe is totally irrelevant, except by shear coincidence, from what actually is. > This comment is inappropriate. It's certainly off-topic for the three newsgroups you posted to, just as your OP was. In that context, though, it's every bit as appropriate as your post. Don't go around forcing your opinion on others and then say it's "inappropriate" for others to respond with their opinions. -- My latest dance performance <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_9pudbFisE> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi> |